Early morning, July 10, SWAT police forced their way into the Seattle apartment of organizers from the Occupy movement. The sleeping residents scrambled to put on clothes as they were confronted with automatic weapons.

The neighbor Natalio Perez heard the attack from downstairs: “Suddenly we heard the bang of their grenade, and the crashing as police entered the apartment. The crashing and stomping continued for a long time as they tore the place apart.”

After the raid, the residents pored over the papers handed them by a detective. One explained: “This warrant says that they were specifically looking for ‘anarchist materials’ — which lays out the political police state nature of this right there. In addition they were looking for specific pieces of clothing supposedly connected with a May First incident.

The raid is a heavy-handed threat delivered by armed police aimed at intimidating specific people – but also st suppressing the work to continue the Occupy movement in Seattle, and create E4E as a space for radical gathering.

I agree Lissa. I think the US taxpayer deserves a full refund. The official money the US gives Israel every year is about $3 billion, but it's actually closer to $6 billion a year when you consider the low interest loans (most never repaid and the military aid). Ironic, Republicans drone on about self-sufficiency yet they support massive welfare for Israel. The US's reputation (US government) as a blind supporter of Israel no matter what leads to some very immoral policy implications.